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J. G. KELTON.

CARTRIDGE PACK.

Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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JOHN C. KELTON, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,373, dated December11, 1888. Application filed April 8, 1887. Renewed May 9, 1888. SerialNo. 273,359. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. KELTON, acitizen of the United States,residing at \Vashington city, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Packs, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a suitable case forcontaining the cartridges. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view showingthe cartridges removed from the case and packed together ready for use.Fig. 3 illustrates the cartridges partially inserted into the chambersof the fire-arm. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the frangible encirclingband. Fig; 5 is a detail of the detachable portion of the core, showingthe grooves within which fit the flanged heads of the cartridges. Figs.6 and 7 represent modifications to be referred to.

This invention relates to means for rapidly reloading the chambers offire-arms. It is an improvement on Letters Patent No. 331,891, grantedto me December 8, 1885; and it consists in the construction andcombination of devices which I shall hereinafter fully describe andclaim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use it, I will now describe its construction and indicate apreferred manner of carrying the same out.

In the said drawings, A represents a suitable case, within which thecartridges are assembled and carried upon the person. This" case isprovided with an upwardly-projecting two-part corrugated core, B B, oftruncated form, the upper portion, B, being about 011efourth the entirelength of the core, the said core being constructed of any suitablematerial, although I prefer to use wood or corrugated paper for thelower part, B, and securely fasten the same to the bottom of the case A.Around this core B B, which tapers slightly from its base to its top,the cartridges C are assembled, and secured at their head portions by acontinuous inelastic band, D, composed of some fr. ngible material-suchas strong paper-having a slight truncated form, within which thecartridges maybe instantly slipped and securely held. The cartridges areassembled around the core at such an angle with its axis as will justpermit the points of the projectiles to partially enter the chambers ofthe fire-arm as far as their metallic case, so that when forced downwardby a sudden blow the frangible band D, which confines them to the upperportion, B, of the spindle, will be instantly ruptured to permit thereleased cartridges to enter their respective chambers. It is evidentthat the angle maybe either outward or inward and produce the sameresult.

As shown in Fig. 7, the core may consist, for

ordinary use, of only the upper truncated part, prolonged to nearly thelength of the shell, having recesses for the flanges of the shell or acap, a, of wood or metal, at the larger eX- tremity of the core. In thiscase the lower ends of the cartridges,when assembled around the core,come together instead of being separated, and are so drawn together bythe frangible band that they will only enter the chamber to a pointwhere the projectile has about attained its full diameter.

To prevent the cartridges from becoming detached from the core intransportation with the points up, as well as to assist more positiveinsertion into the chambers of the pistol in loading, the upper section,B, of the core or spindle should be recessed, as shown at a, to receivethe flanged heads of the cartridges; or, if desired, a cap, a, of woodor metal, having a head of a diameter sufficiently large to cover theheads of the cartridges, may be secured to the top of the upper section,B, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7.

As each pack can best be carried in a covered case-such as A-it will bebest, in order to assemble the cartridges for use, to have the lower orlarger part of the core temporarily attached to the case, the cover ofwhich may be of any suitable water-proof material to protect the band Cfrom atmospheric influence.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a case having a centrally disposed core, aroundwhich the cartridges are assembled, of a frangible band encircling theprojectiles and adapted to be ruptured upon forcin g the saidprojectiles into the chambers of the fire-arm, substantially asdescribed.

2. A cartridge-case having a centrally-disposed tapering core, incombination With a pack of cartridges held together by a frangible band,whereby the forcing of the proj ectiles into the chambers of thefire-arm insures the destruction of said band and the releasing of thecartridges, substantially as specifled.

3. A cartridge-case having a two-part core of truncated form and a packof cartridges arranged around the same, in combination with a band offrangible material encircling the upperportions of the cartridges, saidband being of truncated form and adapted to be ruptured, substantiallyin the manner .set forth. 1

4. In a cartridge-case, a corrugated centrally-disposed tapering -core,having an upper detachable section, and the projectiles ar ranged aroundsaid core and at an angle With its axis, in combination With a band offrangible material encircling said projectiles and adapted to beruptured upon compressing the loWer ends of the same, as hereindescribed.

5. In a cartridge-pack, a case having a tapering core provided with adetachable upper section, having means for engaging the heads of thecartridges and holding the latter in position, in combination With aband of paper encircling said cartridges and adapted to be ruptured toautomatically release the same, substantially as describec JOHN C.KELTON. lVitnesses:

BENJ. ENGEL, A. WVIECKER, WM. G. SPOTTSWOOD, S. BRADBURY.

